*Coughs* Uh, hey...

Sorry for the long wait to get the update done, I'll try not to let it happen again. Though, it is me, so I wouldn't take my word for it. Okay, well anyway, here's another chapter!

As the door opens, the room goes silent, all eyes turning towards the front of the room. Dagur, still outside, hadn't yet made an appearance, so each teen (Well, most of them) smiled at the chief. He gives them all a wary smile back, glancing over to the bed.

What he's greeted was not what he expected. Lying back in bed, with his head propped up slightly was Hiccup, except this time, his eyes were open and looking over to his father. Stoick breaths in for a second, before his face breaks into a more enthusiastic smile. Their eyes meet, and his son gives a faint smile through weak lips.
"Hi dad..." Hiccup says, his voice quiet and raspy. In return the chief smiles wider, walking to the side of the bed, and kneeling down.
"H-Hi Hiccup." He chuckles, feeling ridiculously large against the broken boy.

Toothless, apparently pleased to see Hiccups father return, sat up, trotting over to the side of the bed. Hiccup smiles, longing to give the Nightfury a scratch behind the ear, but having to stick to feeling Toothless' nose gently brushing over his hand.

Stoick looks between the two of them, laughing quietly. Hiccup smiles, trying to shift before having to stop, cringing slightly. Stoicks hand moves over to Hiccups forehead, gently rubbing over it and resting on his hair. Hiccup takes in a deep breath, leaning against his fathers hand.
"How are you feeling?" Stoick asks, glancing to the foot of the bed.

Hiccup shrugs, frowning.
"Well I've been better...I guess I've been worse..." He decides, giving a sarcastic nod, before putting his head back down. He didn't feel an awful lot of pain when he, you know, didn't actually move, but felt absolutely exhausted.

Stoick nods, redirecting his eyes towards Hiccups face.
"Well, I suppose that's a start," he begins, trying to stay as positive as possible for both their sake, and for the five other teens in the room. Both Haddocks turn to them, noting the nervous look upon all their faces.

"Sorry we didn't tell you earlier, we tried to find you but no one had seen you around..." Fishlegs apologises, glancing at the floor. That's when Stoick remembers the second problem at hand, and his expression drops. Hiccup narrows his eyes, looking up at his dad.
"Uh...dad?" He asks, glancing at Astrid. Astrid shrugs, watching as he chief stand back up.

"Um, yes. Sorry." Stoick apologises, looking towards the door. "It's just, we have a visitor." He explains, looking between them all. Hiccup chews his lip,
"w-who?" He quietly asks, voice wavering ever so slightly. Stoick coughs, shaking his head, so slightly no one seemed to notice. Instead, he simply calls the name,
"Dagur, I guess you can come in now..."

As he says the name, Hiccup very nearly sits up in shock, in fact, has to refrain himself from doing so.
"Wait, Dagur?!" Most of them all say. mostly in sync, well apart from Tuffnut, who seemed a little confused, so starting and ending the phrase later than everyone else.

Stoick looks over to them, sighing deeply, mouthing a sorry.

A figure makes his way in the open door, his usual...disturbing...grin upon his face.
"Ah, everyones here..." He notes, locking eyes with each one in turn, growling when he sees Toothless, obviously earning one back in reply. However, when he reaches the bed, his face turned sour. "What happened to you?" He says, not in the nicest manner he could, towards Hiccup.

Hiccup averts his eyes down, not in the mood (or shape) to attempt to make a conversation with him. Stoick narrows his eyes, eyebrows knitting together.
"Dagur, what is happening here is none of your business." He states, almost tasting the un amusement in his voice. Dagurs eyes slowly roll as he turns his head to Stoick.
"I was just...wondering." He innocently smirks, fingering the knife attached to his belt. Stoick gives Dagurs hands a nervous glance, clearing his throat.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Why don't we go see the room." He suggests, tripping over his words. Before Dagur could give an answer, he was directed towards the room he was due to stay in.

As the two left, the main room went quiet for a second.
"Dagur?!" Astrid exclaims, almost forgetting to keep her voice to a minimum.
"What's he doing here?" Snotlout asks, causing Hiccup to glare at him.

"How exactly am I supposed to know?" He asks, voice growing accustomed to talking again. Snotlout shrugs, wincing as he received an elbow in the chest delivered from, well you probably know.
"Well whatever the reason, didn't you notice he seemed a little, off?" Fishlegs interjects, causing each person to murmur.
"Well it is Dagur." Ruffnut reasons,
"Yeah, the Deeeeraaaangeeeeed." Tuff adds, waving his fingers about. Snotlout rolls his eyes,
"that wasn't the question." He groans. Hey, even Snotlout can have enough of them occasionally.

"We'll just ask Stoick." Astrid says, ignoring each of the previous comments, and sitting back on the chair beside Hiccup. Hiccup nods, yawning. Astrid smiles faintly, longing to take his hands, but instead brushes her fingers along his cheek. Hiccups head moves round, smiling up to her.

But, the moment was ruined when Stoick re-entered, all eyes immediately turning to him. The chief sighs, nodding.
"I figured you'd all want know." He says, gathering them round. He explains the situation as quickly as possible, getting mixed reactions.
"So to sum things up, when he said 'consider it signed', we were the only ones who actually did?" Astrid says, frowning. "That's not fair!"

Stoick sighs, nodding.
"We just need to get him off Berk and away from us." He determines, "so, the sooner we get this back, the better." He finishes, looking back over to the bed. Hiccup looked over to him, his eyes now barely open. Stoick smiles back, looking over to his friends.

"Maybe it's best you lot go home and get some sleep." He decides, looking across the group. They nod, giving a mumble of agreement.
"We'll come back tomorrow." Astrid promises to Hiccup. Hiccup nods, opening his mouth to speak, but no words coming out. Astrid chuckles softly, bidding a goodbye with the others before they all leave.

As the door closes shut, the room is silent once again. Hiccup yawns, rolling his head to the side.
"Go on Hiccup, get some sleep." Stoick smiles, walking back to the side of the bed. Hiccup nods, letting out something between a groan and a 'goodnight'. Stoick takes a shaky breath, rubbing his sons forehead, before finally gaining the courage, and leaving for his own room.

-_5:14am_-

The floorboards in one room of the Haddock household were creaking. There was one person moving around, the first stage to his plan about to take action. The door is pushed open, and the body steps out.

Eyes scan the hallway, breathing a sigh of relief when he hears the snores of Berks chief. Dagur steps into the hallway, making his way towards the main room. He steps into the room at once, looking round and noting where the dragon was lying. He scowls when he spots him, and moves round the other side of the room. In no time, the thief is stood over the young heir.

"Come on Hiccup...lets get going." He snorts, leaning forward. He removes the blanket, grimacing at the sight of his body. He groans quietly, gently placing two hands under the body and roughly lifting it from the bed.

He takes a breath, watching Toothless as he edges round to the door, carefully pulling it open, before both he and Hiccups sleeping body jump outside.

Okay, I have a question. Do you want Toothless to be taken with Hiccup, or do you want him to stay on Berk? Please drop which on you think in the comments, well if you want. Thank you for reading, till next time!